Asus has announced yet another graphics card under its Republic of Gamers brand, the GTX 760 based Asus ROG GTX 760 Striker graphics card with 4GB of GDDR5 memory. To be available in Standard and Platinum versions, the ROG GTX 760 Striker is and will probably be the fastest GTX 760 on the market and features Asus' own new DirectCU II cooler, CoolTech fan, DIGI+ VRM as well a rather impressive factory overclock.

According to Asus, the new Republic of Gamers GTX 760 Striker Platinum graphics cards features cherry-picked GPUs ensuring that they can handle a rather impressive factory-overclock of 1085MHz for the base GPU and 1150MHz for the GPU Boost clock. The new DirectCU II cooler with two fans, one of which is CoolTech fan, should ensure that there is no throttling in any scenario. The Standard version of the ROG GTX 760 ended up at 980MHz base and 1033MHz GPU Boost clocks.

Based on Nvidia 28nm Kepler GK104 GPU, both versions of the ROG GTX 760 Striker pack 1152 CUDA cores, 96 TMUs and 32 ROPs, but unlike most GTX 760 on the market, also come with 4GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6008MHz on both versions of the ROG GTX Striker graphics card.

In order to sweeten the deal, the ROG GTX 760 Striker graphics card also features the new ROG LED logo on top of the cooler which also doubles as the load indicator and should change shade depending on the actual load on the GPU. The Asus ROG GTX 760 Striker also comes with Asus' own GPU Tweak overclocking utility as well as the GPU Tweak Streaming tool.

According to Asus, the new ROG GTX 760 Striker should be available in retail/e-tail as of this month but it did not shed any light on the actual price of the new premium GTX 760.

ASUS has launched a new member of the Mars lineup, under its Republic of Gamers brand and line of premium products, the ASUS ROG Mars 760. Although it is not the Mars everyone expected, the new ROG Mars 760 still packs enough punch to be faster than the mighty Nvidia GTX Titan.

Based on two GK 104 GPUs with 1152 CUDA cores per GPU for a total of 2304, the new ROG Mars 760 is basically an GTX 760 SLI setup done on a single PCB. These specifications, paired up with the fact that both GPUs are clocked at 1006MHz base and 1072MHz Boost GPU clocks, 4GB of GDDR5 memory (2GB per GPU) clocked at 6000MHz and dual 256-bit memory interface, were enough to make it faster than the GTX Titan and in some cases even faster than the GTX 780 Ti. The GPUs are interconnected via the PLX PEX8747 PCI-Express 3.0 bridge.

With an impressive 12-phase DIGI+ VRM, Super Allow Power components and (Nichicon GT-series) Black Metallic Caps, the new ROG Mars 760 will also offer good stability as well as an enhanced OC potential. The new ROG Mars 760 is paired up with a dual-slot DirectCU II cooler with two separate heatsinks (one for each GPU), two fans which should keep it well cooled even under load and glowing MARS LED logo.

It supports SLI, in case you want to run a pair for Quad-SLI configuration, has two dual-link DVI-I outputs, one dual-link DVI-D output, one Mini DisplayPort output and HDMI output via dongle.

According to ASUS, and unlike previous ROG Mars products, the Mars 760 will not be a limited run 1000-pieces piece of hardware, but rather a normal graphics card aiming to bring Mars down to a much reasonable levels when it comes to price and affordability. Unfortunately, ASUS still did not release any details regarding the actual price or the availability date.

Nvidia has officially launched its latest Geforce 700 series graphics card, the GTX 760. Aimed to replace the Geforce GTX 660 Ti, the Geforce GTX 760 is based on the GK104 GPU with 1152 CUDA cores. It packs 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface and should put a lot of pressure on AMD and its Radeon HD 7950.

As noted, the Geforce GTX 760 is pretty much based on the same GPU seen behind the Geforce GTX 770 as well as some earlier GTX 600 series graphics cards. The GK104 GPU features 1152 CUDA cores, 96 TMUs and 32 ROPs. The reference design will work at 980MHz base and 1033MHz GPU Boost clocks and feature 2GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 6.0GHz and paired up with a 256-bit memory interface. It also features Nvidia GPU Boost 2.0 which should provide better and more sustained GPU Boost clock states.

The reference version will feature 2GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface, but partners are given a green light from day one to come up with its own version including the 4GB equipped versions so we'll see a lot of variations on the market.

The reference cooler is a bit of a let down considering that it could be a bit less noisy and pack a bit more punch since the GPU easily exceeds the 80°C mark during gaming but as partners have been given a green light from Nvidia to do their own custom designs, we guess that those with reference cooler could be quite rare.

Priced at US $249.99 for the reference version, the new GTX 760 quite successfuly replaces the GTX 660 Ti as it ends up at anywhere between 5-10 percent faster but also ends up US $30 cheaper. It will also put a lot of pressure on AMD's Radeon HD 7950 graphics cards and we could see a price drop from AMD pretty soon, at least if they decide that they need to counter it.

Nvidia is hoping that the Geforce GTX 770 will be a very popular product, and EVGA obviously share this view, as it came up with no fewer than ten different SKUs. The GTX 770 is based on the GK104 GPU with 1536 CUDA cores. We already had a chance to meet it last year, in the GTX 680. We already know what it’s capable of and Nvidia believes the GTX 770 will take it a step further.

One of EVGA’s trump cards have always been custom coolers. The ACX cooler is no exception and we already showered it with praise when we reviewed the GTX 780 Superclocked ACX. With the GTX 770 Classified EVGA went for a redesigned and enlarged cooler and there is yet another Classified card, with the same cooler we saw on the GTX 680 Classified.

Our sample, however, is the GTX 770 Superclocked ACX. It features 2GB of memory and it is available in 4GB flavour as well. It is worth noting that all of EVGA’s ten GTX 770 designs are not available yet. We guess it took a bit more time to “feed” the channel.

A quick reminder. The GTX 770 works at 1046MHz base and 1085 Boost GPU clocks, with 2GB or 4GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory bus, clocked at 7010MHz. The Superclocked ACX is clocked at 1111MHz and GPU Boost takes it up to 1163MHz.

The heatsink is well designed and it helps keep the fans quiet. The card is practically inaudible, even under load. As you can see in the GPU-Z screenshot, taken after the Hitman Absolution bench, the temps remain rather low, thus demonstrating the potential of the ACX cooler.

The card features the standard array of HDMI, DisplayPort and dual-Link DVI outputs. It requires one 6-pin and one 8-pin power cables, just like the reference card.

Our tests reveal that the EVGA 770 Superclocked ACX delivers about the same performance as Gainward's GTX 770 Phantom, which features a slightly higher base clock. Judging by our first impressions, EVGA's ACX Cooler is a bit better.

Unfortunately, EVGA did not announce the precise availability date for the FTW or the Classified Edition GTX 770 graphics cards but we will certainly keep an eye out for them. The GTX 770 Superclocked on the other hand is available at EVGA’s web shop, priced at €429. Some German retailers are pricing it at €415.

There’s a small perk, too. If you buy a GTX 770 with an ACX cooler, you can register it and get an exclusive EVGA backplate shipped directly to your door, free of charge. This backplate helps reinforce the PCB, protects critical components and best of all, it looks awesome.

Nvidia is seriously gearing up for the Intel 4th generation Core Haswell launch as it has now officially announced four new mobile GPUs that will be a part of its GTX 700M series lineup, the GTX 780M, 770M, 765M and the GTX 760M.

All four new mobile GPUs are based on 28nm Kepler architecture and while GTX 780M is the only one based on the GK104 GPU with 1536 CUDA cores. The other three GPUs will be based on the GK106 GPU with 960 and 768 CUDA cores. The shere specifications of the GTX 780M are quite impressive and, according to Nvidia, should be enough to run all the latest game titles including Tomb Raider, Battlefield 3, Far Cry 3, Bioshock Infinite and Assassins CreeD III at 1920x1080 resolution and Ultra settings.

As noted, the top-offer will be the GTX 780M based on 28nm GK104 Kepler GPU with 1536 CUDA cores. It will work at 823MHz+ GPU clock and feasture 4GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5GHz and paired up with a 256-bit memory interface that add up to 160GB/s of memory bandwidth. The next in line is the 28nm Kepler GK106 based GTX 770M with 960 CUDA cores, 811MHz+ GPU clock and 3GB of GDDR54 memory clocked at 4GHz and paired up with a 192-bit memory interface for 96GB/s of memory bandwidth.

The GTX 765M is also based on the 28nm GK106 Kepler GPU but features 768 CUDA cores and works at 850MHz+ GPU clock and comes with 2GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 4GHz and paired up with a 128-bit memory interface for 64GB/s of memory bandwidth. The last but not the least is the GTX 760M based on pretty much the same specs as the GTX 765M but with a slightly lower 657MHz+ GPU clock.

All four GPUs will feature Nvidia's GPU Boost 2.0 and support Nvidia Optimus graphics switching technology that worked flawlesly with Ivy Bridge CPUs and should also work flawlesy with new Haswell GPUs. According to Nvidia, the GTX 780M is the worlds fastest notebook GPU and currently we have to agree with them. The GTX 780M is up to 31 faster than the GTX 600M series GPU that it replaces while the GTX 770M and the GTX 760M are up to 55 and 30 percent faster than its predecessors.

Nvidia also bragged about some design wins including the 14-inch MSI GE40 with Geforce GTX 760M, Asus' ROG G750 17.3-incher with GTX 780M/770M and the Acer's V3 17-incher with Geforce GTX 760M. Nvidia also claims that it will have 99%+ share on Haswell gaming notebooks and we are quite sure that we will see many of those at Computex show.

As most partners did yesterday, EVGA also announced its line of GTX 770 graphics cards based on the GK104 GPU with 1536 CUDA cores. To be precise, EVGA actually announced a total of ten GTX 770 graphics cards that will either feature a standard EVGA blower-fan cooler or be paired up with the new ACX cooler and be a part of EVGA's Superclocked, FTW or Classified series of graphics cards.

For starters, EVGA will be offering standard GTX 770 and Superclocked GTX 770 cards with either 2 or 4GB of memory and with either the standard EVGA blower-fan or the new ACX cooler. In case you missed it yesterday, the GTX 770 is based on a 28nm GK104 GPU with 1536 CUDA cores and works at 1046MHz base and 1085 Boost GPU clocks while 2 or 4GB of GDDR5 memory paired up with a 256-bit memory interface works at 7010MHz.

The EVGA GTX 770 Superclocked, also available with both the standard EVGA blower-fan and the new ACX cooler, also got a slight factory-overclock and works at 1111MHz base and 1163MHz Boost GPU clocks while memory stayed at reference 7010MHz.

Unfortunately, EVGA did not announce the precise availability date for the FTW or the Classified Edition GTX 770 graphics cards but we will certainly keep an eye out for them.

In addition to the GK110 based Nvidia Geforce GTX 780, we managed to get some details regarding the GK104-based GTX 770 as well. Scheduled to be officially launched a week after the GTX 780, on May 30th, the GTX 770 will aim a similar price point as the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition but will end up to be at least a bit faster.

As noted and rumored earlier, the GTX 770 will be a simple rebrand of the GTX 680, but with slightly higher clocks. It features 1536 CUDA cores and runs at 1046MHz base GPU clock. It also feature Nvidia GPU Boost 2.0 that will take the GPU up to 1085MHz when possible. It will be available with both 2GB and 4GB of memory, clocked at a pretty impressive 7000MHz and paired up with a 256-bit memory interface.

As it is based on a version of the GK104 chip it is no wonder that it needs 6+8-pin PCI-Express power connectors and has a 230W TDP. It will also feature two DL-DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Judging by earlier leaks, pictures and some information that we saw, it will also use a reference cooler similar or same as the one on the GTX Titan. This means that the card will be significantly quiter.

Judging by the slides, it should end up anywhere between 10 and 20 percent faster than the HD 7970 GHz Edition and in some cases, like Tomb Raider, Crysis 3 and Max Payne 3, on par or just a tad bit faster.

Of course, we will not talk about the price as Nvidia can easily change it a day before the launch, but it is expected to be somewhere around the HD 7970 GHz Edition, or in the €400-450/US $450+ range.

Our sources were happy to share some additional details about Nvidia’s upcoming cards. It turns out that the GTX 760 Ti, the slowest of the bunch, is based on the GK104 225 chip. The GTX 750 Ti has a 256-bit memory interface and in reality represents a rebranded GTX 670. It looks dangerously similar to existing GTX 670 boards.

Add-in-board partners expect to start selling this card in the third week or June and they will be able to make their own custom cards. We don’t know much about performance but we expect it to be around GTX 670 levels. The Geforce GTX 770 is based on a somewhat faster GK 104 425 chip, again a 256-bit unit, and our sources are telling us that the card is more or less a GTX 680 renamed for 2013. Nvidia will allow AIBs to manufacture their original boards but the cooling solution on the card looks like the one from GTX Titan.

The cooler better known as NVTTM cooling fan will let this chip clock higher than GTX 680 and should deliver at least a five percent performance boost over the GTX 680. The card is expected in the first week of June. The fastest of them all, based on the huge GK110 chip is the Geforce GTX 780. The card also shares a 256-bit memory buss and is based on GTX Titan LE. The first cards come as Nvidia direct boards and will be directly supplied to partners.

Nvidia will make these cards at first as it wants to control the quality and make sure nothing goes wrong in the manufacturing process. The card was supposed to launch on May 23rd but out sources now insist that it might show a week earlier on the May 16th, but we will try to find out which of these two dates is right.

We got word that Nvidia plans to launch two graphics cards a week apart. The Geforce GTX780, the faster and more expensive one, is scheduled to launch on 23rd May at 6:00 AM PDT.

The runner up card is dubbed the Geforce GTX770 and it comes on 30rd May 6:00 AM PDT. These dates are valid for the top tier one customers. GTX 780 is based on the GK110 chip that ended up in Titan cards while GTX 770 is based on GK104 425 an improved original GK104 28nm chip.

We don’t expect a big performance boost, but these cards will outperform current GTX 680 and 670 cards.

SweClockers has churned up quite an interesting rumor, pinning Nvidia's consumer GK110-based graphics card on schedule to launch in late February, under the new Geforce Titan name.

Back in March, the GK110 got cut down to GK104 and launched as the fastest single GPU graphics card, the GTX 680 name. Back then it was pretty much clear that we will not see the fully enabled GK110 Kepler GPU anytime soon but now, at least according to this rumor, Nvidia might actually launch it under the Geforce Titan name.

The new Geforce Titan name makes sense since the GK110 is behind Nvidia's Tesla K20 card that powers the Cray Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA. In case you missed it, the Kepler based GK110 features 15 SMX clusters for a total of 2880 CUDA cores and a 384-bit memory interface. The Tesla K20 actually features "only" 14 active SMX clusters for a total of 2688 CUDA cores. It also has a pretty low 732MHz GPU clock and 6GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 5.2GHz.

Sweclockers also noted that the launch might be similar to the one of the GTX 690 where Nvidia partners will be obliged to use Nvidia's reference design. The performance on the other hand is estimated at 85 percent of a GTX 690 dual-GPU graphics card.

As noted, the new Geforce Titan graphics card is scheduled to show up in late February with a US $899 price tag.